Is there Hexane in your veggie burger.

What is Hexane? Hexane is a pollutant and neurotoxin also found in gasoline, Mother Jones reports, citing a recent study by the Cornucopia Institute. Some companies that make veggie burgers are submerging soybeans in hexane to separate the oil from the protein. It is done to reduce the fat in the product. It was noted in the study that the Hexane process is also used to make cooking oils and margarine. The food and agriculture nonprofit found that most non-organic veggie burgers currently on the market are made with the chemical hexane, an EPA-registered air pollutant and neurotoxin. Says Cornucopia Institute senior researcher Charlotte Vallaeys, “If a non-organic product contains a soy protein isolate, soy protein concentrate, or texturized vegetable protein, you can be pretty sure it was made using soy beans that were made with hexane.”